Volume 228 of our Comments on the Art Market was released today.  In this issue we cover our current exhibitions, news about Mark Lague and Todd Casey, Stocks, The Dark Side, Really, and the all important Art Market (Lance and … More…

Here is a really sad story.  This week jewels, estimated to be worth in excess of $1B, were stolen from the Green Vault museum in Dresden, Germany.  What makes this even sadder is that the museum was not insured. It … More…

While the weather may have been brutally cold last week in New York, I spent last Thursday and Friday warm and cozy at my desk watching some remarkable results of the Contemporary Day sales at Christie’s and Sotheby’s. Both auction … More…

In the late 1990s, the biggest craze in our house were Pokémon cards — Lance had to have them all and we probably bought hundreds of packs of cards to find the treasured Pikachu and Charizard cards; unfortunately, when Superstorm … More…

This is a good one!  We cover all the regular topics: Upcoming Shows, Stocks, The Dark Side of the Art World, How to Safely Navigate The Art Market: Those Bare Spots, Really!, and coverage of some of the recent sale … More…

So how much would you pay for an old, dirty, cigarette burnt, used cardigan? I bet a lot less than someone (who wishes to remain anonymous) just paid for Kurt Cobain’s old cardigan that he wore during a performance on … More…

Since I gave my critique of their actions in part 1 of this sale, I am just going to jump in on this one – as Led Zeppelin once wrote: The Song Remains the Same (I actually played the music … More…